karmic does not boot: Kernel Panic

[MelDJ]

i tried booting into karmic and this comes up:

kernel panic- not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown wn=block(8,3)

anyone can help me out?

[ukripper]

i tried booting into karmic and this comes up:

kernel panic- not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown wn=block(8,3)

anyone can help me out?

What happens if you boot in recovery mode?

[philinux]

Either try the an older kernel or choose recovery mode and use fsck to check the file system.

[MelDJ]

What happens if you boot in recovery mode?

the same thing happens. i cant boot either way. it just hangs.

installed with wubi under vista

[philinux]

Ah Wubi...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=495366

See last post. They suggest a defrag of the /wubi folder.

[MelDJ]

This will take a while...

[philinux]

This will take a while...

If it doesn't work I would uninstall wubi and go for dual boot.

[ukripper]

If it doesn't work I would uninstall wubi and go for dual boot.

+1, go for dual boot if nothing else works.

[LacrimaMax]

Either try the an older kernel or choose recovery mode and use fsck to check the file system.

Could you please explain how I can try an older kernel? I am newbie.
I have Ubuntu 9.10 installed with Wubi.

[adabwebmaster]

look here:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubun...04/comments/90
and replace C:\wubildr with the file attached.